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Several months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack.

An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

An otherwise moral captain of a charter boat becomes financially strapped and is drawn into illegal activities in order to keep up payments on his boat.

Scientists become trapped on a shrinking island with intelligent, murderous giant crabs.

The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened.

Several misfits decide to restore a PBY flying boat and fly to a place where they can enjoy total freedom but a few obstacles hamper their plans.

After deserting from the U.S. Navy in the 1930s, an officer re-enlists under a fake name after Pearl Harbor and serves on a minesweeper.

Shortly after WW2, a military transport plane carrying an assortment of passengers crashes into the South China Sea forcing the survivors to await their rescue in a life raft.

Cold War Peacemaker is the amazing and unique story of the development of the B-36 very-long-long-range nuclear bomber. From its beginnings during WWII, through construction in a former wild-west cattle town and deployment into the Cold War, the story of the Convair B-36 and how it intimidated the Soviet Union is a fascinating study in politics and technology. In Cold War Peacemaker, experience life during the Cold War as your parents and grandparents lived it and discover and understand how the Convair B-36 played a vital role in saving the free world from communist domination.

This two-hour series covers the evolution of the design and armament of ocean-going warships. From wooden hulls and sails to nuclear powered floating naval bases, Heavy Metal has it all. The first hour of the series tells the story of wind-driven vessels, from the Viking longship to the effective end of the sail era, in 1860. The Vikings used a larger version of their longship for trade. It evolved into the medieval cog, a merchant vessel, which, led to the development of the carrack. This ship, with the advent of gunpowder, evolved into the galleon. The most famous example this new style was Drake's Golden Hinde, and having a fleet of these much nimbler ships enabled the English to defeat the awkward Spanish Armada, in 1588. The galleon quickly evolved into the tougher, faster Dutch East Indiaman trading ship, which provided the basic design of warships from the mid-1600s to 1860. Nelson's Victory and the other great ships of the Napoleonic era were really just larger, somewhat more refined versions of the Dutch East Indiaman. The second hour of Heavy Metal covers the steam age from 1860 with the launching of the Warrior to about 2010. It is the story of the evolution and extinction of the battleship, which is a specific type of vessel, designed to fight other battleships in large, decisive fleet actions. The advent of the submarine and the aircraft carrier made the battleship obsolete.

This program explains the most important innovations in the history of powered flight leading to the enormous airliners and high performance jet fighters in service today.

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a radically new fighter plane design and the brainchild of now legendary aircraft designer Kelley Johnson. It's introduction to combat at the start of World War II was fought with issues. But changes to the hardware, pilot training, operational procedures, and combat tactics made it the deadliest fighter plane in the Pacific Theater.

The World War II story of the British Navy's hunt for Nazi Germany's most powerful battleship.

American forces go on the offensive and take Guadalcanal from the Japanese. But the Japanese want it back and fight fiercely to get it.

In some configurations the Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina had positions for as many as ten crew members. Ken climbs inside to show us where each crewman was positioned to give us a sense of what is was like to go to work in this plane. It's not a comfy airliner.

The Consolidated PBY Catalina and Grumman Albatross have very similar specifications. The biggest difference is the Catalina was outfitted for war time roles including bombing and torpedo bombing complete with gunners. The Albatross, built a decade later, was strictly a search and rescue seaplane and therefore had a smaller crew.

Charlton Heston narrates a look into the Battle of the Atlantic, one of WWII's most significant theatres of warfare, in which Germany's U-boat fleet relentlessly attacked Britain's supply lines.

We explore how blockades have the ability to destroy or at least damage a country's ability to wage war, including the German attempt to blockade Britain during World War II, and the US submarine campaign against Japan in 1943-45.

By bombing the aircraft carriers Akagi and Hiryu in the Battle of Miday Richard Halsey Best is like the only pilot in history to strike two aircraft carriers in one day.

Retired Navy pilot Kevin Miller, author of "The Silver Waterfall", a novel about the Battle of Midway, discusses the lesser know details of the Battle of Midway.

Embark on a 3,000-mile death-defying World War II mission, all captured on film and all transferred to stunning HD.

Designed for range, speed and maneuverability The Mitsubishi Zero seemed invincible to western pilots. But these features involved trade offs that could be exploited once they were uncovered by Allied forces.

Between the wars the RAF operated elegant flying boats to patrol the far flung corners of the Empire. The boats flew long missions over the oceans, looking for enemy submarines.

The history and a tour of the Landseaire flying yacht, a home converted from the revolutionary and versatile Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat.

Comedians Bernard Cribbens and Barry Cryer scour the greater London area for deals.